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Ministerstvo Podarkov, Moscow

Concierge.com's insider take:

For proof that Soviet nostalgia has turned into marketable irony, visit the Ministry of Gifts (Ministerstvo Podarkov). A red carpet leads to the ministerial rostrumno, wait, it's the cash register. Choose a gift first: There are clocks made of packs of Belmorkanal cigarettes (named after the canal built by Gulag prisoners), tins of caviar, pillows embroidered with Soviet slogans, and hollowed-out copies of Marx's Das Kapitalperfect for squirreling away some cash.